False Statements
None of these statements is correct.
At most 1 of these statements is correct.
At most 2 of these statements are correct.
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At most 98 of these statements are correct.
At most 99 of these statements are correct.
How many of these statements are correct?
SOLUTION
If the number of true statements is X, then statements 1, 2, … , X are wrong, and the rest are correct. Therefore X = 100 – X and X = 50. Thus, there are 50 correct statements.
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